Content Topics and Course of Study |
In Academic World Cultures students will explore the following units:
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Introductory Unit |
Review of 6th Grade Concepts (Economic, Social, and Political Characteristics, Themes of Geography, Componets of Culture, and Social Scientists) |
African Geography and Culture |
Land Regions, Population Distribution, Ancient Civilizations, Colonization, European and African Interactions, Apartheid, Poetry and Storytelling |
Middle East Geography and Culture |
Land and Climate, Regional characteristics and generalizations, Ancient Cultures, Nomadic culture, Golden Age of Middle East Culture, Middle East Religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), Water and Oil, and Israeli and Palestinian Conflict
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European Geography and Culture |
Land and Climate, Greece Contributions, Roman Contributions, Roman and Greek Leaders, Fall of Rome, Middle (Dark) Ages, Feudalism and Manorialism, The Black Death, and Crusades
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Western Asia/Eastern Europe (Eurasia) Geography and Culture |
Geographic Regions, Population Distribution, Siberia, Czarist Era, Soviet Era, Communism vs. Capitalism, Russian (Soviet)Revolution, Stalin, Lenin, Life as a Soviet Citizen, Yeltsin and Gorbachev |
